Horse-collar



(No Model.) A. LOHER.

- HORSE COLLAR.

No. 361,881. PatentedApr. 26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFrcE.

ANTON LOHER, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,881, dated April26, 1887.

Application filed February 12, 1887. Serial No. 227,403. (No model.)

I 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ANTON LOHER, of Quincy, in the county of Adams andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Collars; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to thefigures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to improve that class of leatherhorse-collars in which the shoulder-pads do not extend beneath thethroat of the animal; and the said invention consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing thearrangement of the various parts. Fig. 2 is a view showing the lowerends of the two outside pad-covers. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on theline as as, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. shows the manner of stitching the forewaleand pads together.

Similar letters of reference in the figures in dicate the same parts.

A represents the fore-Wale of the collar, which in my constructionoverlies all the other parts.

B B are the inner covers of the shoulderpads, and G O the outer coversof same, the cover 0 being cut with the extension D, as will bepresently explained. As in ordinary collars of this class the stuffingin the shoulder-pads does not extend under the throat, while thestuffing a of the fore-Wale A extends entirely around the collar.

The outer cover, 0, of one of the shoulderpads is formed in anypreferred shape until the throat portion is reached, where it iswidened, preferably, into the shape shown at D, Fig. 2. The other cover,C, is attached to the end of the cover 0 by means of a rivet, I),

or other suitable means, and the widened portion D is then bent backover the throat portion and the ends of the inner pad-covers sethefore-Wale A is applied with its edges overlapping the inner edges of allthe pad-covers and the portion D, and is secured in this pos1- tion bymeans of a suitable row of stitching, d, preferably of leather thong,passing through it.

By reference now to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the row of stitching (1makes a very narrow seam on the inside of the collar, where only a verysmall portion of the stitches are exposed, while on the outside they areexposed in a relatively long diagonal stitch. The result of thusstitching the fore-wale and shoulder-pads together is to form apractically smooth collar on the inside, with a very narrow depressionfor the seam, and on the outside a wide depression for the hame-space.

From this description it will be seen that my collar is formed ofcomparatively few parts, the doubling of the outside pad-cover uponitself doing away with the necessity of employing a separate piece ofleather to cover the seams in this portion of the collar, and also doingaway with the row of stitching along the edge, at the same timepresenting a smooth and elastic surface for the throat of the animal tobear against and to prevent the slipping of the hame-fastening.

It is obvious that any of theordinary stiff- 8o ening devices for thethroatsection may be used in connection with my invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I V 1. In a horsec'ollar, the combination,with the fore-wale and shoulder-pads, of a row of stitching for unitingsaid parts, consisting of a thread or its equivalent passed back andforth through them, presenting on the outside of the 0 collar a longdiagonal stitch depressing a comparatively wide space,and on the insidea short stitch depressing a comparatively narrow space in the collar,substantially as described.

2. In a horse-collar, the combination, with the fore-Wale and theshoulder-pads secured thereto, of the covers for said shoulder-pads, oneof which is extended across from side to side of and widened at thethroat portion of the collar, the widened portion being doubled 10o uponitself, substantially as described.

3. In a horse-collar, the combination, with the fore-Wale and theshoulder-pads secured thereto, extending down to but not across thethroat portion, of covers for said shoulder side of and widened at thethroat portion,said r0 pads, one of which extends across from side towidened portion being doubled upon itself and side of and, inconjunction with the fore-Wale, united to the opposite pad-cover by arivet forms the throat portion of the collar, suband rows'of stitchingor their equiva1ents,sub- 5 stantially as described. .stantially asdescribed.

4.. In a horse-collar, the combination, with the fore-Wale and theshoulder-pads secured Witnesses: thereto, of the covers for saidshoulder-pads, L. E. EMMONS, I one of which is extended across from sideto L. E. EMMoNs, Jr.

ANTON LOHER.

